Jason announced the new release :
I neglected to report that I put a new release in the download area for
those still using IBO 4.9.14.I back ported a number of the recent fixes that have gone into IBO 5.0.2.
Here is the pertinent portion of the release notes.
As always you can download new version from ibobjects.com site
Mark Rotteveel wrote on Firebird-Java group : I updated the Jaybird roadmap to outline the basic plans for Jaybird
2.3. You can find it on
http://jaybirdwiki.firebirdsql.org/jaybird/doku.php?id=info:roadmap
I will probably add more detail in the future.
Mark
The Firebird Book (Second Edition) is now available as a print on demand book (at createspace) in three parts,
Volume 1: Firebird Fundamentals
https://www.createspace.com/4203352
Volume 2: Developing with Firebird Data
https://www.createspace.com/4206843
Volume 3: Administering Firebird Servers and Databases
https://www.createspace.com/4206991
Also and also in electronic format (e-book) on the Developer DVD or as an immediate download. It covers Firebird upto Firebird V2.5.x.
Anybody purchasing the DVD gets a download link immediately,
and the DVD is sent later as a backup hard copy, along with a lot of other useful stuff.
Mateusz Loskot wrote : On behalf of the whole SOCI team I extremely pleased to
announce this new release of SOCI 3.2.0 version.
The Firebird Project releases important security updates addressing a remote stack buffer overflow discovered in the Firebird Server during March, 2013.
This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated user to crash the server and opens a gate for remote code execution, so it’s highly recommended to upgrade your server installations. Security updates are available for Firebird 2.5.2 and Firebird 2.1.5 versions. They don’t include any changes other than the bugfix for the aforementioned buffer overrun.
The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.0.8.
This is a bug fix release, built with the current fpc 2.6.2. The
previous release 1.0.6 was built with 2.6.0.
Here is the list of changes for Lazarus and Free Pascal:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_1.0_fixes_branch#Fixes_for_1.0.8
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.2
The release is available for download at SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/
Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the “Lazarus 1.0.8” directory.
Minimum requirements:
Windows: 98, 2k, XP, Vista, 7, 32 or 64bit
FreeBSD/Linux: gtk 2.8 or qt4.5, 32 or 64bit
Mac OS X: 10.5, LCL only 32bit, non LCL apps can be 64bit
Important Debian security fix is uploaded to sid http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/firebird2.5/news/20130318T154817Z.html
You can check Firebird 2.5/2.1 packages security status for this bug CVE-2013-2492 on this page
Buhl Data Service GmbH, the developer of the WISO Mein Büro
2009 software has agreed to pay €15,000 (approximately £13,000) to adhoc dataservice GmbH for using its LGPL-licensed FreeadhocUDF open source library in his business software without observing the LGPL’s licensing terms. The GNU Lesser Public Licence allows software to be used free of charge, but it stipulates that developers must give prominent notice to where the licensed code was used, point out that the code is under the LGPL, include a copy of the LGPL, and make the library’s source code available.
The payment was negotiated as a settlement between the involved parties and concludes a court case. Back in January 2011, the regional court in Bochum, Germany, had ruledthat the use of the FreeadhocUDF library in WISO Mein Büro 2009 was not legitimate because it violated the LGPL’s licensing terms. The court ruled that adhoc dataservice GmbH was, therefore, entitled to know in which products the library was used, what product quantities were released, and how much revenue was generated.
News via TheH
It seems that now the YiiFirebird extension is stable enough (please let me know it is not so) for merge in YiiFramework master repo.
Now, the next step is to create the automated tests for this extension. Volunteers? Ideas?
We need to add a “tests” directory for that purpose in our local repo before committing Yii master repo.
Example: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii/blob/master/tests/framework/db/schema/CPostgresTest.php
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Firebird Foundation, the non-profit organization which finances Firebird development, will have Annual General Meeting (AGM) at March 20, 2013.
The AGM addresses the issues that are required to continue functioning from year to year: review the finances, hear what the committee(s) have been doing, elect a new committee.
This is a good moment to join Firebird Foundation as voting ($300) or associate ($50) member.
